25512. Adulteration of apples. TJ. S. v. 40 Bushels of Apples. Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. Se D. no. 36816. Sample no. 3407 8-B.) This case involved apples which were contaminated with arsenic and lead. On November 9, 1935, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 40 bushels of apples at Chicago, UL, alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about November 5, 1935, by Al's Fruit Market, from Benton Harbor, Mich., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act The article was labeled in part: "Adolph Baler R-2 Watervliet Mich." The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it contained added poison- ous and deleterious ingredients, arsenic and lead, in amounts which might have rendered it injurious to health. On December £1, 1935, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- tion was entered and it was ordered that the product be destroyed. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.